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TIL Orcas (“killer whales”) comes from the name Orcinus, which means "of the kingdom of the dead", or "belonging to Orcus".

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VBm90 TIL the youngest confirmed Mother in history was only 5 years of age
X0wVQ TIL Col. Shaw carried a famous sword into his final battle, depicted in the film Glory (1989). Thought to be stolen by a Confederate soldier after his death, it was actually retrieved by one of his black soldiers. The sword was kept in the Shaw family attic for over 150 years and is now at MASSHIST.
b9orQ TIL Surplus jet engines were used to de-ice railroads in Russia
lQK1 TIL Kenneth Pinyan died by a perforated colon caused by receving anal sex with a horse. A friend of Pinyan filmed it and a documentary was later made of his life and death
nWxgG TIL that some of the stones used in the creation of Stonehenge were bluestones from the Preseli Hills in western Wales and may have been chosen for their acoustic properties.